SPRINGFIELD, Mo., city, of Green County, on the Saint Louis and San Francisco and the Kansas City, Fort Smith and Missouri railroads, about 130 miles south of Jefferson City, the capital of the State. In the early part of the Civil War there occurred in the city and vicinity several battles. One, which is known as the battle of Wilson's Creek, took place 10 Aug. 1861; the Union forces were defeated and the Union general, Nathaniel Lyon, was killed. The city is on the ridge of the Ozark Mountains in a region known for its valuable deposits of zinc and lead. The climate is healthful and warm, temperate about all the year. Its industries are chiefly connected with the mining and marketing of lead and zinc. The chief industrial establishments are two large railroad shops, iron works, machine shops, wagon and carriage factories, furniture factories, flour mills and novelty works. It has an extensive trade in manufactures, lead and zinc and as a jobbing centre for a large part of the southern counties. The principal public
buildings are the government buildings, county courthouse, municipal buildings, Saint John's Hospital, Springfield Frisco Hospital, the bank buildings, and several fine building blocks; Landers Building (10 stories), Heer-Andre Building (five stories), Holland Building, Y. M. C. A. Building are all of recent construction. The educational institutions are a State Normal School, Loretto Academy (Roman Catholic), Drury College (Congregationalist), public and parish elementary schools and a public library. There are the National and Confederate ceme teries, parks and in the vicinity many places. where the scenery is most beautiful. Pop. (1890) 21,850; (1900) 23,267; (1910) 35,201; (1919 est.) 40,000.